LETTER: Downtown ticket policy 'silly'

Published 12:00 am, Wednesday, May 25, 2011

I find the parking ticket policy for downtown New Haven silly.

In the past month, I have received two tickets for parking in a restricted space. I knew I parked there, but one was a taxi stand that has not seen a taxi since 1946. The other was near the Shubert on a night when there was no theater activity.

Business owners in these areas have a tough enough time doing business for a variety of reasons. Without them, the business district would be a ghost town.

Elected officials will go to any extreme to get more money, only to keep spending it. With a proposal to extend parking meter hours to midnight, I can see every patron in every restaurant and theater running out to feed the meter every 15 minutes. Brilliant; can't wait to come back.